<p>I read the Princeton Review's SAT II Spanish Edition 2010-2011 and took the first practice test. I scored 700 on it, which was nowhere near my actual SAT II Spanish score in May.</p>
<p>Has anyone ever used this book? Think it's helpful and on the same degree of difficulty and material covered?? I thought the Princeton Review test was TOO easy(I mean although 700 is not that impressive).. Maybe I was just high when I took the actual one in May. Yeah... I literally had like 30 minutes left... I definitely rushed and treated like I didn't care. Scored 530 by the way Haha.... <strong>SIGH</strong> But I'm going to take the Listening one in November. I watch Telemundo, and I actually like conversing in Spanish.</p>
<p>I bought Barron's, because I read the Princeton's already. I just need to take the last two practice tests from Princeton's. But now I regret buying Barron's. It is VERY comprehensive. I'm only on pg 29 after the first day of reading. Anyone know if I should bother reading all of Barron's?</p>
<p>I'm NOT a native speaker, by the way. I'm actually Korean. I was going to take Korean listening, but mehh... I never liked my language. And it doesn't show colleges that much. And I love Spanish. I'm going into International Relations.</p>
<p>Oh by the way, is it me or is the filling in the paragraph section the WORST and ANNOYING section ever? The first section where you fill in the blank is a piece of cake. Then the paragraph section rapes me. And the reading comprehension is also a no brainer.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think the best way to go about studying is just doing some practice tests. It’s not the type of SAT II you can do well on by studying from a book, because the Spanish exam requires a level of fluency you can’t learn from reading a review book.</p>
<p>The fact that you’re so interested in Spanish and like watching Telemundo is great! That will definitely help on the test+listening… the way I would study, if I were you, is to take a LOT of practice tests. Take note of what you got wrong (say it’s when to use subjunctive, then make a little sheet of paper with the situations in which you use subjunctive… make up acronyms, like ESCAPA and CAMELoT). </p>
<p>For filling in the blank, I always found that this part was tough because it was so hit-or-miss… sometimes you happen to know what fits, sometimes you don’t. So keep with it and try to remember some really random vocab words to help you on test day!</p>
<p>Good luck with your studying! Buena suerte!</p>
<p>edit: Sorry, I just sort of realized I never recommended a book. To study, I used my library and checked out Kaplan, Barron’s, and PR the week before the exam to take ALL the practice tests that they had, which was well over 3 each… each of them emphasized a part of the test differently, but like I said, the key is a lot of practice.</p>
<p>what is ESCAPA or Camelot?</p>
<p>Acronyms to help when to use the subjunctive…
ESCAPA conjunctions always take the subjunctive, regardless of when the action in the dependent clause occurs (the conjunctions here are En caso de que, Sin que, Con tal de que, Antes de que, Para que, A menos de que)
CAMELoT conjunctions only take the subjunctive when the action will occur in the future, or when the dependent clause follows a command (these conjunctions are Cuando, Aunque, Mientras que, En cuanto de que, Luego que, and Tan pronto como).</p>
<p>Thanks for the ESCAPA and CAMELOT! I never learned it. Yo tengo la profesora que es gringa y ense</p>
<p>Honestly I don’t think books were all that big of a help to me. My practice just came from taking spanish classes. I did up to IB Spanish (which is like Spanish 5) so it’s just all of the acquired knowledge over the years that helped me.</p>
<p>How many spanish classes have you taken?</p>
<p>And yeah, haha, i agree. The paragraph thing was horrendous! I ended up getting a 730 (which is funny because for IB I’m predicted a perfect score of 7) but i know all my points were taken away from the paragraphs :p</p>